Pencil-sharpener.



A. J; RSNEN.

PENCIL SHARPBNBR. APPLICATION FILED MAR.22. 1909.

E v A! vllllullllluln Patented Oct. 19, 1909.

ANDERS J. RASA'NEN, or NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

PENCIL-SHARPENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Got. 19, 1909.

Application led March 22, 1909. Serial No. 485,035.

To all whom. it may concern: l

Be it known that I, ANDERS J. RSNEN a subject of the Emperor of Russia,residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pencil-Sharpeners; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings and the characters ofreference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, and which said drawings constitute part Of this speciication,and represent, in-

Figure 1 a perspective view of a pencil sharpener constructed inaccordance with my invention, and shown in closed position. Fig. a topor plan view of the same with the cover open. Fig. 3 a perspective viewof one end of the Sharpener showing the cover open and the drawerwithdrawn. Fig. 4 a transverse sectional view with the cover open. Fig.a longitudinal sectional view showing one end of the device, and meansfor securing the drawer.

This invention relates to an improvement in pencil Sharpeners andparticularly to those in which a roll is employed, the roll beingcovered with sand paper or other abrading material.

The object of the invention is a simple arrangementfor mounting the rollwith provision for holding the dust, and a convenient receptacle forpencils; and the invention consists in the construction and combinationof parts as will be hereinafter described and particularly recited inthe claims.

In carrying ont my invention I employ a box 2 of metal or other suitablematerial having upwardly extending rounded ends 3, 4. and a bowed cover5 to set over the said ends. The edges 6 and 7 of the sides of the boxare turned inward and downward forming flanges over a chamber 8 formedby a false bottom or partition 9. The roll 10 is formed from wood orother suitable material and connected with the ends by screws 1,1 so asto freely turn. This roll is covered with sand paper or coated withsimilar abrading material, and is preferably formed with two squarecorners 12 and 13, and two round corners 14 and l5, and the surface 16between the corners 14 and 15 is preferably rounded. At one end thesides of the box project slightly beyond the end and arranged outside ofthe end and parallel therewith is a slide 17. This slide corresponds inshape to the shape of the end and is formed with slots 18 and 19. Thescrew 11 passes through the slot 18 and a headed stud 20 passes throught-he slot 19 so that the slide may be raised. In the lower part of thebox between the partition 9 and the bottom 2l is a drawer 22 which isadapted to contain pencils. When this drawer is closed the slide 17passes over its outer end so as to hold the drawer in its closedposition, and this slide is held down by the cover 5.

In use the roll is turned to present the desired surface and pencils aresharpened on this surface in the usual manner. The dust dropping ontothe Hang-es 6 and 7 enters the chamber 8 and is thereby retained untilit is desired to shake it out by inverting the box. Pencils are carriedin the drawer, and this drawer is readily opened by lifting the slide,and when closed is heldv secure by the cover.

I claim 1. A pencil Sharpener comprising a box, the upper edges of thesides of which are turned inward and downward, the ends of the boXextending above the sides, a cover hinged to one side and adapted tofold over the ends, and an abrading roll mounted between the ends.

2. A pencil Sharpener comprising a box, a partition above the bottom,the sides of the box turned inward and downward, the ends of the boxext-ending above the sides, a cover hinged to one side and adapted tofold over the ends, an abrading roll mounted between the ends, a drawerbetween the partition and bottom, a slide connected with one of the endsand adapted to be raised above said drawer, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

ANDERS J. RASANEN.

